Government officials and rebel authorities reported that fighting in the country killed at least 45 people in the last 24 hours.

French President Hollande said that he and German Chancellor Merkel will travel to the peace summit in Minsk and “try everything right to the end”.

EU President Tusk said that President Poroshenko will attend the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the war in his country.

The Kremlin confirmed that Russian President Putin would travel to Minsk for the four-way talks.

British defense think tank The International Institute of Strategic Studies said Ukraine’s military is “unsuited” to the current conflict against pro-Russian separatists and needs more armored vehicles and artillery rockets.